Football loves a sugar hit and the tabloid frenzy created by images of Usain Bolt in a Mariners shirt had the capacity to give the entire A-League Type 2 diabetes. But the FFA was right not to fund his Central Coast trial, Richard Hinds writes.

His silver medal in Mexico City was overshadowed by his support for the civil rights protest by American athletes Tommy Smith and John Carlos — now, 11 years after his death, Australian Olympian Peter Norman is honoured posthumously by the AOC.

For nearly 20 years, Kurt Fearnley has given it his all as one of Australia's most revered wheelchair athletes. In his last representative race, Fearnley displayed all his most important qualities as he finished with marathon gold.